Water-proof paint



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELAM HAYS, OF CLEAR LAKE, IOWA.

WATER-PROOF PAINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,599, dated March 27, 1883. Application filed November 2, 1882. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELAM HAYS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clear Lake, in the county of Oerro Gordo and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Water- Proof Paint, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to waterproof and preserving paints, and is especially adaptedfor painting roofs and other exposed places.

It consists of the following ingredients hematite iron ore, eight pounds; yellow-iron mineral or limonitc iron ore, eight pounds; sulphur, eleven pounds; beeswax, three pounds; salt, nine pounds; ocher, eight pounds; tar, one barrel. In compounding these ingredients the tar is first melted in a suitable receptacle, and, while it is boiling, the salt and sulphur are added, after which the compound is agitated, so as to mix theseingredients. I The remaining ingredients are now added, and the whole thoroughly mixed and intermingled by agitation or other suitable means. The paint is now ready for use, and is to be applied while hot. It forms a very effective coating for met- 2 5 als-such as tin, iron, &c.and for'any kind of roofs or brickwork. In painting on wood it'will enter the wood and thoroughly protect it from dampness and varying temperatures or weather.

I I claim as my invention- The herein-described paint, consisting of hematite iron ore, yellow-iron mineral or limouite iron ore, sulphur, beeswax, salt, ocher, and tar, in about the proportions specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELAM HAYS.

Witnesses J. R. LITTELL, WM. BAGGER. 

